Lucknow: National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) on Wednesday gave a free FASTag under its Divyang initiative to local girl and famous mountaineer Dr. Arunima Sinha. She was pushed from a running train by some robbers in 2011 while she was resisting them. As a result, her left leg had to be amputated below the knee, she got rods in the right leg and multiple fractures in spinal cord.
Arunima Sinha holds the record of first female amputee to scale Mount Everest, Mount Kilimanjaro (Tanzania), Mount Elbrus (Russia), Mount Kosciusko (Australia), Mount Aconcagua (South America) and Carstensz Pyramid (Indonesia) and Mount Vinson. Arunima Sinha was born in Ambedkarnagar, Lucknow on July 20, 1989.
NHAI regional officer (Lucknow circle) Abdul Basit said, “We are very happy to facilitate the famous mountaineer Arunima Sinha ji, this shows the Government of India commitment towards this section of the Society.”
As per NHAI records, there are 65 Toll Plazas in State of UP on which a total collection of Rs 17.10 crore is being done on daily basis through FASTag. The amount shots upto Rs 104.63 crore across India in a day.
“Those who have switched over from cash to FASTag are enjoying the FASTag benefit in terms of savings in fuel cost, less waiting time and no wrong charging of Toll payment and hassle free journey,” Abdul added.
